Nick O'Malley
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Nicholas O'Malley is the bass guitar
ist of Sheffield-based band Arctic Monkeys
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continued as the band were imminently recording their new single, "Leave Before the Lights Come On
", in which he played bass guitar.
His first appearance with the band came on 25 May, when the band played a secret gig at the "Old Blue Last" pub in east London. The 120 capacity venue was seen as an opportunity for O'Malley to have a test run before the band's first North America
n gig in Vancouver
on 27 May and festival dates in front of fifteen to twenty thousand people.
O'Malley broke his hand following some drunken antics with his former Dodgems bandmates only a week after agreeing to fill in for Nicholson - "As we were walking home from the pub, our roadie (Adam Guest) grabbed him (O'Malley) and pulled him over our neighbour's wall. It's quite high and he landed on his right hand" Dodgems singer Phillip Goodwin was quoted as saying on the music website Angry Ape. However, despite being his plectrum
-hand he was still able to play the bass
and joined the band in the successful tour.
Although O'Malley was only expected to continue until Nicholson had fully recovered, Nicholson's departure from the band saw the announcement that O'Malley will become a full member of the band.
and Hiwatt
bass heads and cabinets, switching between the two for clean and distorted sounds. He has been known to use a Rickenbacker 3000, Rickenbacker 4003 and various Fender Precision basses.
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ist of Sheffield-based band Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
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Biography
O'Malley was drafted in as a temporary replacement for bassist Andy Nicholson when the latter announced he would not make the band's North America tour in May 2006. O'Malley says that he learned the whole of the band's debut album in two days of intensive play where he "pretty much didn't even leave the house." His baptism by fireBaptism by fire
The phrase baptism by fire or baptism of fire, known in English since 1822, is a translation of the French phrase baptême du feu and is a reference to a soldier's first experience under fire in battle....
continued as the band were imminently recording their new single, "Leave Before the Lights Come On
Leave Before the Lights Come On
"Leave Before the Lights Come On" is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. The song was released on 14 August 2006 as the band's third single in the United Kingdom...
", in which he played bass guitar.
His first appearance with the band came on 25 May, when the band played a secret gig at the "Old Blue Last" pub in east London. The 120 capacity venue was seen as an opportunity for O'Malley to have a test run before the band's first North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n gig in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
on 27 May and festival dates in front of fifteen to twenty thousand people.
O'Malley broke his hand following some drunken antics with his former Dodgems bandmates only a week after agreeing to fill in for Nicholson - "As we were walking home from the pub, our roadie (Adam Guest) grabbed him (O'Malley) and pulled him over our neighbour's wall. It's quite high and he landed on his right hand" Dodgems singer Phillip Goodwin was quoted as saying on the music website Angry Ape. However, despite being his plectrum
Plectrum
A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. For hand-held instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum is often called a pick, and is a separate tool held in the player's hand...
-hand he was still able to play the bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and joined the band in the successful tour.
Although O'Malley was only expected to continue until Nicholson had fully recovered, Nicholson's departure from the band saw the announcement that O'Malley will become a full member of the band.
Equipment
Whilst touring with the Arctic Monkeys, O'Malley uses both AmpegAmpeg
Ampeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
and Hiwatt
Hiwatt
Hiwatt was a British company that manufactured amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall and Vox, the company contributed to the sonic image popularly termed "British sound"....
bass heads and cabinets, switching between the two for clean and distorted sounds. He has been known to use a Rickenbacker 3000, Rickenbacker 4003 and various Fender Precision basses.